Abstract
OPINION article Front. Public Health, 06 August 2020Sec. Occupational Health and Safety Volume 8 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00421
Highlights
Protection of health care professionals is of great importance and concern during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
Previous papers have given recommendations of protection of medical staff while working in hospitals and clinics facing the new disease (1–4), but what was recommended after they left work and returned to their residences was barely mentioned
We hereby share our experience about the designed after-work protocols that protected 482 medical staff that were sent from Changsha to Wuhan and to a locally designated hospital to support the medical system from the highly contagious COVID-19
Summary
A shoe box with a disposable plastic bag with chlorine-containing disinfectant was set there to get the shoe soles sterilized. The plastic bag was replaced daily by the resident. It is extremely recommended considering that our colleagues in Wuhan found that that about half of healthcare professionals working in intensive care units carried coronavirus on the soles of their shoes. (5) Coat hangers were set behind the door for outside clothes. A shelf was set for a hand disinfection solution, alcoholic sprinkling can, alcohol pads, tissues, cotton swabs, gauze, gloves, garbage bags, and a garbage can (Figure 1C)
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